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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lie has Ruth told Chrissie that Tommy nearly blows for her in chapter 13?
(a) That a Hailsham student became a barrister.
(b) That a Hailsham student became a bookkeeper.
(c) That a Hailsham student became a park keeper.
(d) That a Hailsham student became a doctor.

2. Who is Miss Lucy?
(a) A teacher at the Cottages.
(b) A possible in Dover.
(c) A guardian at Hailsham.
(d) A nurse in Norfolk.

3. How many others from their class does the narrator say came to the Cottages in chapter 10?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Seven.

4. What concern has Tommy admitted to the narrator he has for the creatures in his drawings?
(a) How they might catch food.
(b) How they will be kept safe.
(c) How they will keep warm.
(d) How they can reach and fetch things.

5. What is the Goosehouse?
(a) An outhouse at the Cottages.
(b) A barn filled with geese.
(c) A building for storing grain.
(d) A barn at the Cottages with a leaky roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tommy tell the narrator that he thinks Miss Lucy feels the students are not being taught properly?

2. In chapter 16, why does the narrator think she and her companions did not talk about their trip to Norfolk?

3. Who was often blamed, as mentioned in chapter 11, for all the pornographic magazines discovered at the Cottages?

4. What are the ages of the Junior classes at Hailsham?

5. In chapter 15, why does Tommy tell Kathy he wanted to find the Judy Bridgewater tape for her?

(see the answer key)

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